The Sun Erupts
Explanation:
The
sun
was captured in 1973 throwing one of the largest eruptive prominences
ever recorded.
Sol, our sun, is a normal star. It formed about 5 billion years
ago, and will last about another 5 billion years.
The
sun
will never explode, and a solar flare will never destroy the earth.
Eventually the sun will become a
white dwarf star.
The sun is made of mostly
hydrogen and
helium.
The sun's center is so hot that when hydrogen nuclei collide, they stick
together and release energy - a process called nuclear
fusion
No one knows why the center of the sun emits so few
neutrinos.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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GSFC
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